Johnny Horton -- North To Alaska [REACTION/RATING]

This was my favorite song in 1960, played it over and over, drove my parents crazy.

This is the theme song to the John Wayne movie of the same name. Horton was a great singer of story songs. Check out the Ballad of New Orleans.

I grew up on Johnny Horton. He is one of my all time favorites. No one in my generation that I’ve met even knows who he is. He is a great story teller in all of his songs. A mansion you stole, and all for the love of a girl are my absolute favorites by him.

I have loved his voice most of my life. The notes he hits in this song...

I think the greatest gift Johnny Horton gave us is a way to relate and be curious about History to Want to know more . I thank him for it and Love him for it .

Johnny Horton died in a car wreck. Had his greatest hits on an LP growing up and loved it.

NOW THAT IS GOOD MUSIC. HE NEVER SANG A BAD SONG THANK YOU

Johnny had an amazing gift of combining songs with historical events - my parents loved his music and I got to know every song by heart while envisioning the scenes he sang about. Will continue to love his music forever.

Thank You! I've loved Johnny as long as I can remember. That's the beauty of the old singers, they could tell a story, and they had to do it really quickly, and they all could sing really well. Other songs by him were Battle of New Orleans, Sink the Bismark, and When It's Springtime in Alaska(It's 40 Below). Even if you don't react to them, please check out some more by him.

John Horton is the master of Historical Songs. He has alot of great songs. I really enjoy "Comanche"

They actually made this song into a movie starring John Wayne. It was one of my father's favorite songs and movie. Brings back memories!

He has an incredible catalog for a guy who died so young. Sink the Bismarck, Battle of New Orleans, whispering Pines, and many others.

You gotta listen to his song “Battle of New Orleans”

A late friend of mine wrote this song with Johnny. He was Johnny's manager/songwriting partner/road bass player. He told me they sad down at his kitchen table with the movie script and started hashing out the song. They recorded three versions of it, which are all available on YouTube. For the hit version, he said the idea for the deep bass singers singing "Way up north" came from Pete Seeger's song 'Wemaweh". Also, there was a third verse that they dropped for the hit version. "It took mighty men like Sam McCord to tame a town like Nome The Yukon breed of fighting man had a code all their own They stand up a grizzly bear and look him in his face Was so tough in Nome, Alaska that canary birds sang bass"

YES, Johnny Horton, one of my all time favorites. Good job.

I've Heard this song all my life! Love it! The move is really good too!!! It is in my move library!

This guy had a fantastic voice. Before auto tune.

I've discovered this song and artist myself fairly recently. It's a fantastic tune, and he was an excellent singer. I love it when he has a little bit of that grit in his voice every now and then.

Good tune ..... Johnny Horton had quite a few hits The Battle of New Orleans was probably his biggest...... Gotta Sink the Bismarck ..... Whispering Pines.... When it’s Springtime in Alaska... are a few that come to mind his story telling /songs are timeless.... his own story is very interesting.... great review

Johhy Horton moved with his family to Texas when he was fairly young. I believe he died in a car crash. Johhny is the king of Rockabilly. He has quite a few hits. Thanks for doing this song.